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“No problem, no problem. I will arrange it for you; phone me back within a week. Then for sure I will have found your file.
11m read Translated from Dutch by Minny Mock
From this entire seething adventure, crime, tragic incident (I don’t know how best to identify what happened before my eyes
20m read Translated from Russian by Emilia A. Shrayer and Mira Isabella Shrayer
The morning dissolves slowly. The day barges in brutally, with a crowd of people filling the streets. I am in the safety of the twilight
24m read Translated from Polish by Daniel Sax and Caroline Stupnicki
The scrubbed samovar was set on the small table with the drinking glasses; the house was swept already, and cleaned
33m read Translated from Yiddish by Joseph Reisberg
The next day, announcements appeared on the walls, ordering all children to report to the Umschlagplatz
15m read Translated from Yiddish by Maurice Wolfthal
They all feared the summer, but no one spoke of it. And now it was setting in. Gradually. Unhurriedly. Relentlessly.
13m read Translated from Polish by Antonia Lloyd-Jones
Give me the kisses of your mouth— they are as sweet as the water that runs from the Catskill Mountains to the city of New York.
11m read Translated from Ladino by the author
He never forgot the first time they met. The municipal building stood in the heart of the old part of the city
23m read Translated from Hebrew by Jessica Setbon
